Cahpter 105

Spending time with Mark and Anthony was all I needed to exhale all the stress I had been feeling lately. We had created a brotherly bond over the past few days that we spent playing on the beach and scuba diving early in the morning, and I could not wait to see how the next two days would unfold for us.

I watched as Charlotte ran back to join the rest of us in the ocean. She swam all the way to where I was and devoured my lips hungrily. I could sense something was wrong, and as we kissed; I swam back, farther from the rest of the group.

“Are you okay?” I asked her, concerned. She opened her mouth but no words left her lips, leaving her to only nod in response.

“Baby? I need to hear you say it. I need to know you mean it.” I told her. Charlotte had often before suppressed her emotions, preferring rather fight her demons all alone. Now that we were together, for an indefinitely long time, I needed her to let me in, fully. I wanted to be there for her more than anything else. I watched a